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Show -56- and she would have him call. The Professor was feeling much better. His fever had broken, and except for the persistent ache in his chest and a weakness in his limbs he felt almost recovered. He suggested to his wife that he go out and sit In the living room. "Oh; no!* she said. "You stay right where you are." At noon she brought him another pill and a bowl of soup that she had heated and extracted from yesterday's stew. A little later, she took nis temperature, and it had begun again to rise? He fell asleep. In midafternoon, the doctor called. The Professor was still asleep so didn't hear the conversation, but his wife reported when he awoke that they were to meet the doctor at the hospital at five o"clock? She was concerned about how they would get there. She hers£ejf was capable of driving, but she had always been fearful of freeways.1 The Professor said he was able to drive. He felt much better than he had the day before. His wife was dubious, butBhe finally convinced her. When they arrived at the hospital? the Professor was sent immediately to the x-ray room* Then the doctor arrived and examined him as the doctor had done the night before.' Finished? he whistled and dropped his stethascope. "Whew!" he said? "All socked in!" "What?" his wife asked? "All locked in!" the doctor repeated. "I wish I had my |